Transgene introgression from genetically modified crops to their wild relatives

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 806-817

  Stewart Jr , C Neal ^a   Halfhill, Matthew D ^a   Warwick, Suzanne I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA MODIFICATION; GENE FLOW; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROP; INTROGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSGENE;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; CROSSES, GENETIC; ECOLOGY; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

EID: 0141483374     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrg1179     Document Type: Review

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